Avelino

Q: What does Avelino mean?

Avelino is a boys' name of Latin origin, Spanish form of Avellino, from a Roman place name. Linked with Saint Andrew Avellino, a 16th-century Italian priest invoked against sudden death.

Gender: Boy
Say it: ah-veh-LEE-noh
Origin: Latin
US rank, 2025: #8,906 for boys

Avelino is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).

What does Avelino mean?

Latin: Spanish form of Avellino, from a Roman place name

Linked with Saint Andrew Avellino, a 16th-century Italian priest invoked against sudden death.

Is Avelino a girl's or a boy's name?

Avelino is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Avelino in the US?

Rank in 2025: 8,906th among boys
Babies in 2025: 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Avelino, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1999, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.

Half of all the boys named Avelino in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.

1915Busiest: 19 in 19992025

Avelino in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	8	#8,906
2024	13	#6,464
2023	13	#6,512
2022	0	–
2021	10	#7,582
2020	9	#8,062
2019	13	#6,401
2018	10	#7,613
2017	8	#8,835
2016	9	#8,141
2015	10	#7,486
2014	10	#7,557
2013	11	#7,021
2012	12	#6,620
2011	5	#12,280
2010	8	#8,797
2009	15	#5,796
2008	0	–
2007	8	#8,909
2006	11	#6,899
2005	16	#5,029
2004	11	#6,514
2003	12	#5,870
2002	12	#5,718
2001	17	#4,470
2000	12	#5,581
1999	19	#3,829
1998	10	#5,834
1997	8	#6,612
1996	8	#6,489
1995	9	#5,922
1994	13	#4,531
1993	5	#8,693
1992	10	#5,228
1991	9	#5,513
1990	11	#4,667
1989	6	#6,934
1988	14	#3,518
1987	9	#4,567
1986	10	#4,126
1985	8	#4,693
1984	13	#3,268
1983	8	#4,497
1982	13	#3,281
1981	11	#3,599
1980	10	#3,837
1979	17	#2,668
1978	8	#4,155
1977	9	#3,834
1976	17	#2,507
1975	9	#3,657
1974	8	#3,835
1973	0	–
1972	15	#2,418
1971	11	#2,971
1970	10	#3,069
1969	6	#3,934
1968	12	#2,444
1967	9	#2,759
1966	11	#2,464
1965	8	#2,980
1964	9	#2,853
1963	8	#3,043
1962	15	#2,116
1961	11	#2,536
1960	8	#3,075
1959	10	#2,662
1958	6	#3,557
1957	8	#3,022
1956	11	#2,495
1955	12	#2,301
1954	6	#3,450
1953	9	#2,708
1952	12	#2,250
1951	11	#2,366
1950	10	#2,437
1949	15	#1,940
1948	16	#1,880
1947	9	#2,670
1946	8	#2,689
1945	10	#2,241
1944	5	#3,428
1943	8	#2,731
1942	8	#2,711
1941	10	#2,333
1940	0	–
1939	10	#2,288
1938	11	#2,185
1937	9	#2,479
1936	7	#2,853
1935	7	#2,951
1934	7	#2,972
1933	9	#2,541
1932	8	#2,849
1931	10	#2,470
1930	12	#2,292
1929	11	#2,451
1928	13	#2,270
1927	9	#2,911
1926	5	#4,199
1925	14	#2,192
1924	9	#3,022
1923	6	#3,819
1922	8	#3,250
1921	5	#4,320
1920	10	#2,764
1919	10	#2,664
1918	0	–
1917	9	#2,731
1916	0	–
1915	6	#3,391

Nicknames for Avelino

Lino 57 boys in the US in 2025

Names like Avelino

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Aurelio, Antonio, Alejandro, Valentino, Lorenzo, Francisco, Emilio, Aureliano, Anthony, Alonzo, Armando, Emiliano

More Latin names

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Every Latin name

Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Avelino: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/avelino, updated 20 October 2026.